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R. T. BISHOP.

' FENDER PORRAILWAY GARS..

' 110,276,999; l Patented May 8,1883.

RICHARD T. BISHOP, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

I UNITED. S A PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR or ouE HAtu T THEODORE HUNT, or SAME PLACE.

FENDER FOR RAl LwAY-oARs.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 276,999, dated May 8, 1883.

' Application filed March 22, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD T. BISHOP, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, inthe county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Fender for Street and other Railroad Cars, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fenders for stree IO and other railroad cars; and it' consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the drawiugs'hcreto annexed, Figure 1 is a side view of a car-truck equipped with my improved fenders; Fig. 2-is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same. I Fig.3 is a horizontal section, and Fig. 4 is a view of one of the fenders detached from the truck.

The same letters refer to the same partsin all the figures. c i

A in the drawings designates the truck, B the axle-boxes, O the axles,.and 1) the wheels, all-of which are constructed and arranged in 2 the usual well-known or in any suitable manner, with the exception that theaxle-boxes may be provided with collars E upon their inner sides surrounding thebeariugs ofthe axles, and

with shoulders F above the same, inside of ,1 1 oandadjoining the hangers Gr,ll1 WhlGilLhG axleboxes are mounted, the object of which will be presently described. i r

H H are the lenders, which are provided at theirendswith suitably-curvedshieldsorwheel' 5 guards, [,Which are extended and curved around the wheels at the ends of the car, substantially as shown. The fenders H are provided with.

, upwardly-projecting brackets J J, having veri tical slots K K, which are fitted upon the col- 0 lars E upon the inner sides 'ofthe axleboxes, upon which the fenders may thus slide vertically. i

L L are longitudinal rods, havings wings M M resting uponthe shoulders F of the axle- 5 boxes, and sliding longitudinally upon the same. The wings M M have diagonal or inclined slots NN, to receive studs 0 0, projecting laterally from the upper ends of the brackets J ofthe fenders, which said studs may, it

t 59 desired, be provided with friction-rollers P, in order to render the operation more easy. It

. to serve as guards for the wheels, remove small holding the parts well together.

will be seen from this construction that by moving the rods L longitudinally the fenders may be raised or lowered, as desired. Normally, they are intended to be lowered, so as obstructions from in front of the same, and prevent serious accidents to persons who may fall or stumble in front of the car. Should any obstructions be encountered that might prove destructive to the fenders, the latter may be raised so as to passover such obstructions.

For the purpose of manipulating the fenders 1 may avail myself of mechanism such as illustrated in the drawings, which is as follows: i Q Q'are hangers or brackets at the ends of the truck, to which are pivoted levers R R, the

upper ends of which may engage segmental shall be deemed desirable.

I prefer to make the 'collarsE upon the inner. sides of the axle-boxes dovetailed, and the upper ends of the slots K in the brackets J of the fenders correspondingly dovetailed, as shown,

respectively, at V and W, for the purpose of My improved fenders, it will be seen, are 8 simple and convenient, and may readily be applied to any car-truck now in use.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-- 1. The combination, with theaxle'boxes having dovetailed flanges or collars surrounding the bearings of the axles, of the fenders having brackets provided with vertical dovetailed slots, as set forth.

2. The combination,

with the vertically-sliding fenders having laterally-projecting studs orfriction-rollers, of the longitudinally-sliding t rods having diagonally-slotted win g'sfor plates, substantially as and for the purpose setforth. 3. The combination of the car-truck, the axle? boxes having inwardly-projecting collars surrounding the aXle-bearin gs, and laterally-projeeting shoulders above the same, the fenders ends of the truck, and transverse rods connecting the ends of the operating-rods and working in slots'in the said levers, substantially as [5 i set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presonce of two witnesses.

RICHARD} THOMAS BISHOP.

Witnesses:

THEODORE HUNT, J. T. WATSON. 

